ABSTRACT
Natural-polymer-based nanomaterials display unique features, such as brilliant mechanical properties, availability, renewability, multitude morphologies and shapes, and high aspect ratios. Owing to these properties o f such m aterials scientists are nowadays in constant search to explore nanosized polysaccharides in various fields. Polysaccharides could act as stabilizing agents because of their capability for chelation with various metal ions. By reducing the size and distribution of these types of polysaccharide metal complexes under different experimental conditions, one can produce metal polysaccharide nanocomposites. Polysaccharides, containing diverse functional groups on their backbones, display dual characters of nanocomposite generators and protecting agents. This is the advantage of using polysaccharides in nanocomposite synthesis, they being green and cost effective. In this chapter we have
discussed the various methods of preparation of polysaccharidebased nanocomposites and their potential applications in diverse fields.
